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Bible & Mission

The Great Compassion

“An older generation are committed to global mission, while younger people are committed to global compassion.” Is this true? If it is, is it a problem?

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Church: UK Church: World

Our Place in the World

Britain is no longer a major economic or political force in the world. In the same way, the British church needs to learn to find a new place in a rapidly growing world Christian movement.

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Mission

Thought for the Day

Mission means carrying your cross as you follow in the footsteps of a crucified and risen saviour.

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Bible & Mission

Paradigm Change in Practice

It is tempting for charities and mission agencies to be driven by the best secular techniques in their communications with supporters. However, that simply isn’t enough, our communication needs to be biblically and theologically thought through. We recently tried something new at Wycliffe…

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Mission Observations

Who Gave You The Right To Say That?

Jesus’ authority does not give us the excuse to be arrogant, unreasonable or manipulative… because we are following in the steps of the one who became a servant and submitted to death on a cross.

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Bible & Mission

Not by Missionaries Alone

I reckon that the Church in the West places too much emphasis on missionaries. Before I get dragged before the mission-leaders’ trades union, let me quickly point out that I have argued on numerous occasions that the Church in the west should still be sending missionaries out into the world; try this series for size. […]

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Church: World Observations

No Edwins in the Bible!

When Cassius Clay converted to Islam, he changed his name to Muhammed Ali. When Steven Demetre Georgiou became a Muslim, he stopped calling himself Cat Stevens and became Yusuf Islam.  This isn’t news, we are used to the fact that converts adopt Islamic names, dress or hair style. So, why don’t I have an Aramaic name […]

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Observations

Blogging: Three Things

Firstly, thank you to all of those who made encouraging comments about this blog. I very much appreciate them. Blogging is an odd medium and encouraging feedback is really helpful. Secondly, I’ve added a facility to this blog that allows people to link comments on Kouyanet to their Facebook account. I’ve got no idea how […]

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Musing on General Themes

Memories of The Past and Future

In the first volume of Lord Of The Rings the characters discuss the way in which it takes many years before a country will forget that elves once lived there. Even the stones and earth remember them. The same is not true of a country that was once Christian. Turkey, the land of the seven […]

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Humour

A Dreadful Discovery

I love travel; you get to see new places and get insights into the lives of people in situations different to your own. On work trips, you also get to see things about friends and colleagues which are not obvious in day to day life. Sometimes you learn things about people, whom you thought you […]